Syracuse, NY - The CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity and Syracuse Center of Excellence will announce plans Monday to collaborate to attract businesses in the energy and environmental fields.

The Center of Excellence works with more than 200 companies, organizations and institutions on innovations in clean and renewable energy, water resources and indoor environmental quality.

Under the agreement, the Center of Excellence will pay CenterState, a regional economic development group, an undetermined sum to have its staff work to recruit businesses for the center.

The agreement will be announced Monday at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center at the annual meeting of the University Hill Corp., a not-for-profit corporation that focuses on growth in the University Hill district. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11:45 a.m.

State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines will be at the meeting to discuss changes expected in the health care sector between 2010 and 2014 and the particular challenges and opportunities faced by New York.